Oxyrhynchos (Upper Egypt, Egypt — Pleiades map), 62 CE (February 27)
GRA III 257 =
POxy LXXVI 5097
= Papyri.info TM 140169
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Copenhagen Inventory info: 1251
(fragment 1)
Lucius Julius Vestinus says: Sarapion son of Diogenes from the metropolis of the Oxyrhynchite district, who is said to be the president (prostatēs) of the association (plēthos) of weavers and to have made exactions, having been summoned …
(fragment 2)
. . . with whom he is bringing (?) his associates contrary to (?) . . . Name and Onnophreis (?) . . . having been named as dissidents and the accomplices of Sarapion . . .
I proclaim a fine and I allow it to stand (?), and if they fail to take notice in any respect I will impose the appropriate punishment against them. Year 8 of emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus on the 3rd of Phamenoth.
Translation by: Mark Mueller (with modifications)Λεύκιος Ἰούλιος | Οὐηστεῖνος (Οὐηστῖνος) λέγει· | Σαραπίωνα Διογένους | ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπό̣λ̣ε̣ως || τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχείτου (Ὀξυρυγχίτου) λ̣ε̣|γόμενον προσ̣τ̣α̣τ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ | τοῦ τῶν γερδίων̣ π̣λ̣ή̣|θ̣ο̣υς καὶ λογείας πε̣π̣οι|ῆσθαι κηρυχθ̣έ̣ντα || ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣εμ[.]υ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | [ -ca.?- ] ̣[ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ] | -- -- --
{fragment 2}
̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | ̣υν ̣ ̣α ̣ει το̣ὺ̣ς κοι|νωνοὺς ἀ̣σύμβατον̣ || ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ὑ̣φ̣' ἡ̣μ̣ῶ̣ν̣ α̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ | ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣φρ̣ι̣ς καὶ Ὀννωφρ̣ει̣[ς] (Ὀννωφρις) | τα ̣ου ὀ̣νομα̣σθέν|τας στασιώθεις (?)(στασιώδεις) | καὶ συνεργοὺς τοῦ || Σαραπί̣ων[ο]ς τ̣ι̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ | ̣ ̣λεγω̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ] | ἐῶ{ι} γενέσθαι ἐ⟦ ̣⟧ὰν δέ | τ̣ι παρακ̣ού̣σωσι τῇ | προσηκούσῃ κολά||σει κ̣α̣τ’ αὐ̣τ̣ῶν χρή|σωμαι (χρήσομαι). (ἔτους) η Νέρωνος | Κλαυδίο̣υ Καίσαρος | Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ | Αὐτοκράτορος || Φαμενὼθ γ.
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